Lycomedes of Comana

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Lycomedes of Comana was a Bithynian nobleman of Cappadocian Greek descent who ruled Comana, Cappadocia in the second half of the 1st century BC.[1] In 47 BC Lycomedes was probably about 50 years old, when he was named by Roman Dictator Gaius Julius Caesar the priest of the goddess Bellona in the temple-state of Comana,[2][3] and sovereign, therefore, of the surrounding country.[4] The predecessor of Lycomedes was Archelaus, the grandson of the Pontic General Archelaus.[5] Strabo reports that with Roman Client King Polemon I of Pontus, Lycomedes besieged a fortress held by Arsaces, a rebel chief who was guarding the sons of King Pharnaces II of Pontus, until Arsaces surrendered.[6]

Lycomedes was an adherent of Roman Triumvir Mark Antony, who at some point enlarged the territory of Lycomedes' kingdom.[7] Due to Lycomedes’ partisanship with Mark Antony, he was deposed by Roman Emperor Augustus after the Battle of Actium.[8][9][10] He was succeeded as priest and ruler, briefly, by Medeius and the brigand-king Cleon of Gordiucome, and more permanently by Dyteutus.[11]

Lycomedes had married a Pontian Princess called Orsabaris [12] who was the youngest daughter of King Mithridates VI of Pontus.[13] Orsabaris bore Lycomedes a daughter called Orodaltis.[12]

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  2. ↑ Julius Caesar, De Bello Alexandrino 66
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  6. ↑ Strabo, Geographia xii p. 560
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  8. ↑ Strabo, Geographia xii. p. 558
  9. ↑ Cassius Dio, li. 2
  10. ↑ Appian, Mithr. 114
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  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 http://www.pontos.dk/publications/books/bss-9-files/bss-9-01-gabelko, The Dynastic History of the Hellenistic Monarchies of Asia Minor According to Chronography of George Synkellos by Oleg L. Gabelko p.3
  13. ↑ Mayor, The Poison King: the life and legend of Mithradates, Rome’s deadliest enemy p.114
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